King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 4 - 272 pages A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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Page xiii
... Cordelia is dead , but he deceives himself into the belief that she lives that the feather moves , that her breath mists the looking- glass . His final words are spoken in the delusion that her lips are moving : " Look on her , look ...
... Cordelia is dead , but he deceives himself into the belief that she lives that the feather moves , that her breath mists the looking- glass . His final words are spoken in the delusion that her lips are moving : " Look on her , look ...
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. the play , but Cordelia - who has a special bond with the Fool - has to learn to lie . At the beginning , she can only tell the truth ( hence her banishment ) , but later she lies ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. the play , but Cordelia - who has a special bond with the Fool - has to learn to lie . At the beginning , she can only tell the truth ( hence her banishment ) , but later she lies ...
Page xv
... Cordelia survives and Lear is restored to the throne . The death of Cordelia is all the more painful because it is not the end " promised " by previous literary and theatrical tradition . King Lear is a play full of questions . The big ...
... Cordelia survives and Lear is restored to the throne . The death of Cordelia is all the more painful because it is not the end " promised " by previous literary and theatrical tradition . King Lear is a play full of questions . The big ...
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... Cordelia , Gentleman and Soldiers . " Where in Quarto Cordelia is a daughter seeking medical attention for her father , in Folio she is a general lead- ing an army . She has replaced Monsieur La Far . This alteration is part of a broad ...
... Cordelia , Gentleman and Soldiers . " Where in Quarto Cordelia is a daughter seeking medical attention for her father , in Folio she is a general lead- ing an army . She has replaced Monsieur La Far . This alteration is part of a broad ...
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... Cordelia ( 3 % / 31 / 4 ) , Duke of Cornwall ( 3 % / 63 / 5 ) , Oswald ( 2 % / 38 / 7 ) . LINGUISTIC MEDIUM : 75 % verse , 25 % prose . DATE : 1605-6 . Performed at court December 1606 ; draws on old Leir play ( published 1605 ) ; seems ...
... Cordelia ( 3 % / 31 / 4 ) , Duke of Cornwall ( 3 % / 63 / 5 ) , Oswald ( 2 % / 38 / 7 ) . LINGUISTIC MEDIUM : 75 % verse , 25 % prose . DATE : 1605-6 . Performed at court December 1606 ; draws on old Leir play ( published 1605 ) ; seems ...
Contents
Textual Notes | 122 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 142 |
The RSC and Beyond | 156 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 203 |
A Chronology | 218 |
References | 226 |
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Act 4 Scene actor Adrian Noble Alack Albany Albany's Antony Antony Sher audience bastard beggar blind Brian Cox Burgundy Cordelia Corin Redgrave CORNWALL daughters death disguised dost Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edgar editors Edmund Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father feel Following fortune France GENTLEMAN give gods Goneril Goneril and Regan grace hath heart human Ian McKellen Jonathan Bate KENT KENT LEAR King Lear kingdom knave LEAR FOOL LEAR KENT Lear's letter Lines look lord madam messenger Michael Gambon nature night nuncle performance Peter Brook pity played Lear poor Pray production Q corrected Q uncorrected Quarto text Regan role Royal Shakespeare Company running scene sense servant Shake Shakespeare sister speak speech stage storm tell theater thee there's thine things Tragedy traitor Trevor Nunn trumpet villain